Two Sundays our worship service had and interesting element… a Thanksgiving. Clearly planned in advance, a member of the church comes to the pulpit to express a thank you to the Lord for something God has recently done in their life. This morning the man thanked God for taking care of his wife and bringing her health, she had been sick and went to the hospital and today she was standing beside him better. He also thanked God for his daughter’s successful completion of nursing training school (3 years).
There are two particularly interesting aspects to this testimony/thanks giving. First people from the church family, I assume they are friends and those who maybe have prayed for them…, come and stand with the person giving the Thanksgiving. Today 30 people filled the platform as he thanked God.
The second is that after the verbal thanksgiving, the person gives a thank offering (a monetary gift to the church as a thank you to God. This comes from the thank offering in the Old Testament). After the family gives their thank offering the choir begins to sing a thank you to the Lord and the rest of the church are invited to come give a thank offering as well. This is not the main offering for the service, but a special offering. No one is obliged to give, but many do. I know many gave because you dance your way to the front as the choir sings and place your thank offering in the box!
Nigerians are truly a grateful and thankful people…
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